Fit check
Is Cloudborn worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- VR players interested in climbing-based exploration
- Adventure players drawn to lost civilizations and environmental discovery
- Players who want movement to depend on momentum and physical actions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking gameplay centered on systems beyond climbing and exploration
- Players who prefer low-risk traversal rather than movement affected by momentum
- Players looking for a traditional non-VR adventure format
Our take on Cloudborn
Making momentum the core of traversal gives climbing and movement a strong identity, but narrows the experience around those activities. Players seeking a wider mix of gameplay systems may find the focused design limiting.
What is Cloudborn?
Cloudborn is a VR exploration and adventure game set in a bright, melancholy world shaped by a fallen civilization.
Progress involves climbing buildings, cliffs, and vegetation while finding routes through the remains of the environment. Its movement system uses arm-swinging and momentum, with grabbing, climbing, and launching between handholds affecting traversal. The game presents its setting as a reflection on human greed and the consequences of taking too much. It combines colorful, watercolor-inspired visuals with an atmospheric audio-visual presentation. Updates released with the move out of Early Access added new art, level layouts, interactive objects, effects, bug fixes, and additional experience settings.
How Cloudborn plays
- 01Momentum-based traversal
- Arm-swinging, grabbing, climbing, and launching between handholds all influence movement through the world.
- 02Environmental climbing
- Buildings, cliffs, and vegetation provide routes across the remains of the lost civilization.
- 03Customizable experience
- Additional settings allow adjustments to aspects of the VR experience.
- 04Colorful visual style
- Bright colors and watercolor-influenced art shape the game’s setting.
Cloudborn compared to similar games
Cloudborn uses VR climbing with arm-swinging and momentum affecting actions such as grabbing and launching between handholds. Jusant is also a climbing-focused journey involving routes, climbing tools, and stamina management, while Cloudborn centers on VR traversal through a lost civilization.
Cloudborn: platforms & release
Is Cloudborn worth it?
It is worth it if: VR players interested in climbing-based exploration. Skip it if: players seeking gameplay centered on systems beyond climbing and exploration.
Where can I download Cloudborn?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Cloudborn's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Cloudborn on?
Windows only.
